CVE-2020-1738

Name	CVE-2020-1738
Description	A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	low

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ansible (PTS)	jessie	1.7.2+dfsg-2	vulnerable
	jessie (security)	1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u3	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch	2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster	2.7.7+dfsg-1	vulnerable
	bullseye, sid	2.9.9+dfsg-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ansible	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1802164
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796
Marked unimportant as for exploitation it requires already a remote that is
compromised, cf. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796#issuecomment-614656017